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Æ27 - Septimius Severus ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
| Issuer | Iuliopolis (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 193-211 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ (Translation: of the Juliopolitans) |
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Iuliopolis was a minor Bithynian city with an outsized administrative ambition — it repeatedly petitioned for the status of a neokorate, the right to maintain an imperial cult temple, which was the dominant form of civic competition in the Greek East under the Severans. Coins were a primary vehicle for asserting that claim publicly. Whether this piece predates or follows any successful petition is unresolved in the literature, but the city's output under Septimius Severus is notably prolific relative to its size.